3 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form,
past simple or past continuous.
ISAAC'S STORY
The sun (1) -
(shine) and the birds
(2) — (sing), so Isaac decided to go
outside. While he was sitting in his garden, he,
(3) -
(start) to look at an apple tree.
While he (4)_WOS (watch) the tree, an
apple fell from the tree and landed on the
ground. While he (5)
(look) at the
apple, he asked himself a question: why did the
apple fall down and not go up? As he was
thinking about this question, he (6)
(have) an idea: maybe the Earth pulls the
apple towards it.
This happened more than 300 years ago, and
Isaac is still famous today. Do you know his full
name? Do you know what he (7)
(discover) while he was sitting in the garden?
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ISAAC'S STORY
The sun (1) was shining and the birds (2) were singing, so Isaac decided to go outside. While he was sitting in his garden, he (3) started to look at an apple tree.
While he (4) was watching the tree, an apple fell from the tree and landed on the ground. While he (5) was looking at the apple, he asked himself a question: why did the apple fall down and not go up? As he was thinking about this question, he (6) had an idea: maybe the Earth pulls the apple towards it.
This happened more than 300 years ago, and Isaac is still famous today. Do you know his full name? Do you know what he (7) discovered while he was sitting in the garden?
His name was Isaac Newton. He discovered the law of universal gravitation (Newton's law of universal gravitation = закон всемирного тяготения Ньютона)